Forest green takes an unexpected turn at Casadei
The Italian shoemaker pairs its latest collection with a colour that defies expectation. Wool platform trainers and suede stilettos arrive dressed in the shade of a moss covered forest floor.
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Casadei has grounded its newest collection in forest green, a colour that sits comfortably outside the predictable vocabulary of contemporary luxury. This is not the outdoor pragmatism one might expect from such a tone. Instead, the Italian house has applied the shade across two distinct silhouettes that speak to entirely different moments, entirely different moods.
The first arrives as a chunky platform trainer rendered in a soft, brushed wool. The sole carries Casadei’s name embossed into thick rubber, black laces thread through dark eyelets, and the upper swells with the generous proportions of something designed to be lived in. It is a piece that belongs to morning errands and considered casualness, paired here with golden fishnetting and silk.
Beside it sits the second iteration: a pointed pump with the knife sharp geometry that the house has refined across decades. Here the forest green appears as suede, drawn up into a vertiginous heel, the toe tapering to an elegant point. The contrast between these two expressions of the same colour creates a small friction, a gentle argument about what luxury footwear can be.
Casadei’s deliberate restraint in how it colours this season speaks to a designer confident enough to let a single hue carry the work. The forest green does not shout or perform. Instead it settles into the shoe, becoming part of how each piece occupies space and time, whether that moment calls for a trainer’s solid comfort or the absolute conviction of a heel.
Imagery courtesy of Casadei (@casadeiofficial).
